Dictam: 1 definition
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Dictam means something in biology. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)Dictam in West Indies is the name of a plant defined with Maranta arundinacea in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Stromanthe tonckat Eichl. (among others).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Rapid Assessment Program Working Papers (1998)
· Plantae Asiaticae Rariores, or ‘Descriptions and figures of a select number of unpublished East Indian plants’ (1832)
· Species Plantarum. (1797)
· Flora de Filipinas (1837)
· Annales Botanici Fennici (2005)
· Marantaceae.
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See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Dictamnus albus, Dictamo, Dictamo-da-virginia.
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